Bion objects to the notion that group psychology comes into play only when a group collects in a particular place. Bion claims that no individual is outside a group and lacks the active manifestations of group psychology. According to Bion the explanation of certain group phenomena has to be sort in the matrix of the group and not in the individuals who make up the group. As he states â€œ[t]he explanation of certain phenomena must be sought in the matrix of the group and not in the individuals that go to make up the group.â€ Bion is adamant that, because of group phenomena being explained by the matrix of the group, the group is more than the sum of the individuals comprising the group. As he notes â€œ[t]here is no more need to be confused by the impression that a group is more than the sum of its members â€¦ â€œ

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Groups exists – as a consequence of the arguments of Bion – as a “thing” in reality a tangible material existent not as a fiction; According to Freud the id, ego and superego are not fictions but exist in reality as ontological entities – they are part of the brain: Freud is a materialist and realist